Boone Ford, Inc. v. IME Scheduler, Inc.

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns two cases that were consolidated before trial by one superior court judge and then tried by another superior court judge. We hold that the first judge erred in consolidating these cases because he was not scheduled to preside over the consolidated trial, but that the judge who presided at trial effectively corrected that error, leaving the trial and judgment untainted. We therefore reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand this case to the Court of Appeals for additional proceedings.

In February 2014, appellant Boone Ford, Inc. filed a…